Camelback Run will turn 35 this June

Race will return to its old 10K course on Court Street

12:05 AM,
Apr. 25, 2013

Runners react to the starting gun Saturday at the 34th News-Messenger Camelback Run at the Fremont Recreation Center. Perrysburg's Matt Folk earned his fourth straight victory in the four-miler with a record time of 19 minutes, 51 seconds. The women's title went to Paige Biglin of Columbus at 23:51.9.

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Kevin Shields
Sports writer

The News-Messenger Camelback Run is moving back to the west side of the Sandusky River.

After several years at the Fremont Recreational Complex at 600 St. Joseph, the race, named after an old wooden bridge that spanned the railroad track on Morrison Street, will celebrate its 35th anniversary on June 15 by returning to its old 10K course and 6.2-mile distance, which will start at 8:15 a.m. on Court Street.

"We thought it'd be special to honor the 35th anniversary of the race by running the old course again," race director David Slater said. "The intention is to do it for a year, but if it's an ...